If you look at Cort's write up of
Dr Chia's experience with interferon alpha, gamma and delta in CFS, you see that Chia got the best results with the interferon
alpha/delta combination. But interestingly, the interferon
alpha/gamma combo put a couple of CFS patients into almost full remission for the longest: 14 months.
During Dr Chia's intravenous interferon injection treatment, his CFS patients often experienced significantly increased malaise and depression. Most were put into remission from CFS, but relapse after some time is the norm.
The immunomodulator drugs will not create the same high level of interferon as via intravenous interferon injection (so the increased malaise symptoms will be slight, if any), but the lower levels of interferon from these immunomodulator drugs might conceivably work reasonably well, if these drugs are taken continuously, over many, many months.
Given that Dr Chia used interferon alpha/gamma and alpha/delta combinations for treatment, it might be a good idea to try to create the same interferon combinations with our immunomodulator drugs (for example, cycloferon + Immunovir should create the interferon alpha/gamma combo treatment).
Adding a few interferon-boosting herbs may also help, but as undcvr mentions above, you have to get the right standardized extracts, otherwise the herbs will be too weak to do anything.
Here are some snippets of information I have been collecting on interferons:
• Interferon-gamma is primarily an immune regulator that is believed to have relatively weak antiviral properties. It is used to potentiate the effects of the stronger anti-virals, interferon alpha and beta.
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Bupleurum kaoi herb increases interferon alpha and beta.
• Astragalus increases interferon alpha and gamma.
• Reishi increases interferon alpha.
• Zinc potentiates the antiviral action of human interferon alpha tenfold.
• The following immunomodulatory herbs only stimulate interferon gamma: echinacea, cat's claw, Korean ginseng, American ginseng, Siberian ginseng, schizandra, propolis, cordyceps, goji berries, licorice, neem, milk thistle.
• Beta-Glucan alone or plus L-theanine increased interleukin IL-10 levels and
decreased interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor.
• Green tea EGCG attenuates the neurotoxicity of interferon gamma augmented neuronal damage from HIV-1.
• Rhodiola rosea reduces side effects of interferon.